Lumbar Artery Bleed as a Complication of Percutaneous Renal Biopsy and a Proposed Workflow for Massive Bleeding

Lumbar Artery Bleed as a Complication of Percutaneous Renal Biopsy and a Proposed Workflow for Massive Bleeding

Injuries to extrarenal arteries caused by percutaneous biopsy needles are very rare but highly lethal due to delay in recognition. Here we report the case of an inadvertent lumbar artery puncture after native renal biopsy and provide a literature review and a proposed workflow for management of mass...

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Main Authors: Clara Lee Ying Ngoh, Bernard Boon Kee Wee, Weng Kin Wong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2018-12-01
Series:Case Reports in Nephrology and Dialysis
Subjects:
Lumbar artery
Renal biopsy
Haemorrhage
Online Access:https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/495106

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